Fairbanks Morse
Designs of the Decade
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1940's
Long range submarines powered by Opposed Piston diesel engines assist war effort to defeat Axis Powers.
- The U.S. Navy used all of the Fairbanks Morse O.P. engines produced during the war years.
- A total of 3 million H.P. was installed in a wide variety of combat vessels.
- Half of the undersea fleet was Fairbanks Morse O.P. powered.
The O.P. assembly floor. |
U.S.S. Silversides engine room. |
Four O.P. auxiliary engines on the test floor in 1940.
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